2019-12-4 19:51 |
With markets recovering, we take a look at Bitcoins' recent behavior and wonder whether it's still a safe haven? Later, we're joined by Galen Moore for quick discussion on alleged bitcoin market manipulation... origin »
|
When compared to traditional asset markets, the cryptocurrency asset class is relatively new, with crypto-exchanges often subjected to mass manipulation with respect to its trading volume. In fact, a The post CoinMarketCap launches Liquidity metric to counter fake trading volumes appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2019-11-12 11:30 | |
|
|
Alameda Research, FTX’s parent company has called out the $150 million lawsuit slapped on it for manipulating markets as utter ‘nuisance’. The class-action is based on a September 15 event, in which the smaller futures exchange attempted an attack against Binance Futures, with the aim of achieving liquidations.
2019-11-4 14:30 | |
|
|
Some still assert that the launch of two bitcoin futures products crashed markets in 2017 as it was the first time investors could short the asset. What they have done has completely changed the landscape two years later.
2019-10-24 11:00 | |
|
|
On 7 October, Roche Freedman, the New York-based high-stakes legal firm, dragged Tether and Bitfinex to court, alleging them to be participants in market manipulation. A class-action lawsuit was filed by Roche Freedman LLP against Tether and Bitfinex for manipulating cryptocurrency markets.
2019-10-7 16:18 | |
|
|
With radical price swings, market manipulation, and high profile hacks, bitcoin has never lacked excitement, but that started to change this summer. Prior to yesterday’s sharp drop, the OG crypto had been holding steady around $10,000 for over a month.
2019-9-26 22:04 | |
|
|
Jay Clayton, the chairman of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission, recently stated that Bitcoin (BTC) needs to be better regulated before it can be traded on major exchanges. According to him, the crypto markets are largely unregulated and prone to manipulation.
2019-9-20 23:16 | |
|
|
The United States Department of Justice has charged three gold and precious metals traders from JPMorgan on suspicions of market manipulation. The alleged bad actors include Gregg Smith, 55, Michael Nowak, 45, and Christopher Jordan, 47 — alongside other suspected co-conspirators.
2019-9-18 11:22 | |
|
|
The crypto market is known for its wild west environment, rife with scams, bad actors, and market manipulators. Last year, the CFTC launched a probe into potential market manipulation across Bitcoin markets, yet the problem persists even today.
2019-8-28 21:00 | |
|
|
Operation Midas takes off nabbing former billionaire, Eike Batista, for money laundering using Bitcoin trading. Once Brazil’s richest man, the fall from grace is remarkable for the former billionaire, Eike Batista, who is once again temporarily arrested – this time for suspicion of money laundering and manipulation of capital markets. According to Fohla de Paulo, […]
2019-8-9 19:17 | |
|
|
Centralization is a well-known problem of crypto markets. People often referred to as whales control a fifth of some markets and have the strength to promote manipulation whenever they want to. Tether, however, seems to be facing an even worse situation: only 318 crypto addresses actually control 80% of the circulating supply of Tether (USDT). […]
2019-8-8 00:08 | |
|
|
BitMEX, the most liquid exchange on the market is being accused of market manipulation (again). Was Arthur Hayes’s exchange the orchestrator of the latest flash crash? Market Manipulation Behind the Latest Spiral It’s been a harrowing week for Bitcoin bulls as the markets peaked at over $13000 last Wednesday and have stepped down a little further almost each day since.
2019-7-19 21:00 | |
|
|
Don’t look now, but the bitcoin price is already surging back from its early July lows to trade comfortably above $11,000. And one fundamental catalyst might have come from an unlikely ally: US President Donald Trump.
2019-7-4 00:51 | |
|
|
Max Keiser has delivered a swift putdown of a US regulator head after he warned national TV cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are prone to manipulation. SEC Rejects Treating BTC Like Stocks Speaking to CNBC, Jay Clayton, chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), said that fiat markets had controls over malpractice which decentralized alternatives lack.
2019-6-7 11:00 | |
|
|
Cryptocurrency markets experienced a significant downturn last night, losing $20bn of total capitalization in a little over two hours. Bitcoin (BTC) prices fell by more than $600, falling below the psychological $8,000 boundary.
2019-6-4 21:46 | |
|
|
Manipulation is not unique to crypto. It’s alive and well in stock markets, not to mention the Forex market. So why is the SEC so afraid of approving a Bitcoin ETF? And why is “manipulation” the main reason for not approving one? While the SEC has not entirely ruled out cryptocurrencies, the virtual asset class […] The post Why Is The SEC So Scared Of A Bitcoin ETF? appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
2019-5-29 00:54 | |
|
|
By CCN: The bitcoin price has surged by seven percent in the past several hours from $7,300 to around $8,000 in major markets including the U. S. , demonstrating a strong recovery from its abrupt drop to $6,400.
2019-5-19 10:13 | |
|
|
The cryptocurrency industry is one that’s as promising as it has been plagued. Over the years, there have been a thousand and one different innovations that serve one purpose or another either to improve the general effectiveness and efficiency of the market in general or as a push towards the global adoption of not just […] The post Is Manipulation a Problem With All Financial Markets or Is It Deeper With Crypto? appeared first on ZyCrypto.
2019-5-8 11:03 | |
|
|
As far as financial markets are concerned, there will always be individuals and groups who seek ways to make money in slightly shadier ways. The concept known as wash trading is a great example in this regard.
2019-5-3 14:30 | |
|
|
Cornell University research showed that aggressive bot trading is easily noticed on decentralized markets, leading to great potential for price manipulation.
2019-4-17 15:15 | |
|
|
By CCN. com: Cryptos’ attempts to distance and differentiate itself from traditional financial markets has taken another knock. This follows revelations that trading manipulation using high-frequency bots is rampant on decentralized exchanges (DEX) by researchers at Cornell Tech.
2019-4-16 17:06 | |
|
|
More than a critique of price manipulation rife across bitcoin markets, the Bitwise report shows cryptocurrencies' potential.
2019-4-2 07:00 | |
|
|
Even though the top markets are not as bearish as they were earlier in the week, not all listings are rising in value at an equal pace. The XRP price, while often rather resilient, is disappointing a lot of holders and traders today.
2019-3-30 00:02 | |
|
|
U. S. CFTC commissioner Dan Berkovitz says the futures and options markets regulator is working hard on the Bakkt proposal. While he’s refused to provide an approval deadline, he did say that the agency is not anti-crypto or anti-blockchain.
2019-3-22 20:55 | |
|
|
The message from the SEC about what it needs to see before approving a Bitcoin ETF has been consistent. It wants markets that are manipulation resistant – either because the product itself is inherently resistant (Bitcoin isn’t), or because the exchanges make it so. Gradually the message is getting through.
2019-3-21 21:00 | |
|
|
As anxiety grows around every new twist and turn in the ongoing QuadrigaCX drama, along with extensive QuadrigaCX media coverage, Canada’s mainstream media has been calling on the government to bring in better oversight and regulation of cryptocurrency businesses, especially cryptocurrency exchanges.
2019-3-20 18:42 | |
|
|
On March 9–10, 2019, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology hosted a two-day event, the MIT Bitcoin Expo 2019. Put together by the student-organized MIT Bitcoin Club, the conference welcomed more than just Bitcoin voices from every corner of the industry.
2019-3-15 01:08 | |
|
|
The cryptocurrency markets are still very new and have yet to become regulated by prominent regulatory authorities such as… The post US Congress Members Introduce New Bill to Combat Crypto Price Manipulation appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2018-12-11 06:35 | |
|
|
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has postponed its decision to approve or disapprove the VanEck/SolidX bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). Per an official document published by the agency, the new deadline to review the VanEck proposal has been shifted to February 27, 2019, which the regulator claims would afford it the time needed to review the potential rule change further.
2018-12-7 19:56 | |
|
|
Having met the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in August 2018, officials of VanEck, SolidX and Cboe BZX Exchange have met with the Commission again, in the latest attempt to convince the regulator to approve the nation's first bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF), according to an official presentation submitted to the SEC.
2018-12-1 01:17 | |
|
|
Speaking at the ongoing CoinDesk's Consensus Invest conference in New York, U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chairman Jay Clayton spoke on why his agency hasn’t yet approved a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-29 21:56 | |
|
|
A week after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) dished out massive fines and closed a prominent “decentralized” exchange, its chairman is dashing hopes for Bitcoin Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) one more time.
2018-11-28 14:37 | |
|
|
The cryptocurrency market is a target of the same manipulation and abuse that the equity, commodity and forex markets have suffered for years, and exchanges that wish to protect their clients need ways to monitor trading activity.
2018-11-28 12:55 | |
|
|
The cryptocurrency market is a target of the same manipulation and abuse that the equity, commodity and forex markets have suffered for years, and exchanges that wish to protect their clients need ways to monitor trading activity.
2018-11-28 12:55 | |
|
|
Market manipulation is rampant, the banks hold all the cards and whales routinely move prices in their favor. Oh, and that probably happens in crypto markets, too. In the latest demonstration that crypto markets are child’s play compared to real financial manipulation, two major banks have settled lawsuits from investors alleging violations of anti-monopoly laws.
2018-11-25 17:30 | |
|
|
Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Cryptocurrency, Tether (USDT)–On a day where the crypto markets are finally seeing scant amounts of green, after one of the most precipitous drops in valuation to punctuate 2018’s bear cycle, investors still have to contemplate the impact of cryptocurrency’s most controversial projects: Tether and Bitcoin Cash.
2018-11-23 22:18 | |
|
|
MV Index Solutions (MVIS), a subsidiary of investment management firm VanEck, has announced the launch of MVIS Bitcoin U. S. OTC Spot Index (MVBTCO), a bitcoin-based index and the first one that monitors the performance of bitcoin across established over-the-counter (OTC) platforms in the U.
2018-11-22 17:35 | |
|
|
Gabor Gurbacs is confident that the approval of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF) is inevitable. And he’s optimistic that the VanEck SolidX Bitcoin Strategy will be the first to deliver one to the world.
2018-11-17 01:42 | |
|
|
In the latter half of 2018, few developments have occupied crypto investors’ headspaces like the industry’s indefatigable pursuit of a bitcoin exchange traded fund (ETF).
2018-11-9 20:03 | |
|
|
In a paper released on Thursday, Nasdaq Inc. said it has spent decades developing tools to police securities, currencies and other markets, and can use them to stamp out manipulation and other scams besieging digital assets, Bloomberg reported.
2018-11-2 17:52 | |
|
|
Chart for ETH/USD (4H) Ethereum (ETH) investors have nothing to worry about. The recent decline in Ethereum (ETH) sure was frightful. It is alarming to see the price of an asset decline by more than 10% in a single day.
2018-10-11 18:30 | |
|
|
A popular school of thought among many people in the crypto space is that a small number of Bitcoin owners with a big enough load of bitcoin to move the market are behind the unstable markets and the price manipulation.
2018-10-11 16:30 | |
|
|
Today has been a bleak day for Bitcoin. The price looked like it was holding steady at the $6,500 mark but now it has dropped 5% which has dragged everything else down with it, including Ethereum, XRP, Cardano, Stellar and more.
2018-10-11 15:30 | |
|
|
Binance CEO Says that There’s More Manipulation in Traditional Markets Compared to Crypto Markets Market manipulation has long been considered a serious issue that needs addressing because it interferes with natural development of any market.
2018-9-26 00:16 | |
|
|
In this overview, we explore Kraken and its journey from a Mt. Gox alternative to soften the blow of bitcoin’s dependence on just one exchange to becoming one of the most respected cryptocurrency exchanges in the world.
2018-9-27 21:21 | |
|
|
The New York State Attorney General published a new report titled “Virtual Markets Integrity Initiative” recently, in which it noted that several cryptocurrency exchanges are not interested in avoiding market manipulation and have lower standards for customer safety.
2018-9-24 14:19 | |
|
|
It goes without saying that the crypto industry is rather susceptible to an onslaught of negative press from legacy markets, due to its infancy. As such, many leaders in this nascent industry have developed an aptitude to respond directly to cases of “FUD,” often taking to public social media channels to convey their thoughts.
2018-9-23 01:09 | |
|
|
The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has once again postponed a decision on the application for a Bitcoin Electronically Traded Fund (ETF) by VanEck and SolidX, in what is the latest update in a protracted regulatory process that has dragged on for several months.
2018-9-21 19:06 | |
|
|
The Attorney General of New York isn’t happy about how cryptocurrency exchanges have been conducting business, and most especially in regard to protecting their consumers from the ills of market manipulation.
2018-9-20 16:05 | |
|
|
A lot of cryptocurrency traders are sick of hearing about “manipulation”. They just want to buy and sell bitcoin in peace, without Twitter accounts such as Bitfinexed banging on about unnatural market movements.
2018-9-19 15:55 | |
|
|
With the crypto markets stabilizing after a recent short squeeze and a look at how crypto developers are spending more time optimizing than innovating, CoinDesk’s Markets Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
With the market cap of bitcoin breaking above $1T for the first time plus a look at the emerging asset class known as NFTs, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
With the both of the top two cryptocurrencies setting new record high prices plus a look at what dogecoin says about our world, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
With BTC briefly breaching $50K as the industry's market cap passes $1.5T, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
With bitcoin slipping after hitting a new all-time high around $49K and Canadian regulators approving a bitcoin ETF, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
With BTC setting a new record above $48K and Mastercard implementing crypto payments, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.
With the top two cryptos down on the day and a bitcoin supply squeeze seemingly in the cards, CoinDesk’s Market Daily is back with the latest news roundup.